Information
Dates: 3rd April - 14th September
2009
Tel: 0845 293 73 73
Local Attractions
Timespan Heritage Centre
Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale, Sutherland, KW8
6JW
Helmsdale Highland Games
Takes place every August
Dunrobin Castle
The most northerly of Scotland’s great houses,
dating back to the early 1300s
Scotland’s “Klondyke”
Drive to the scene of Scotland’s goldrush
which took place in 1868
Eating and Drinking
The Bridge Hotel
Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale, KW8 6JA
Tel: 0044 1431 821 102
The Belgrave
Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale,
KW8 6JX,
Tel: 01431 821242
Navidale House Hotel
Helmsdale, KW8 6JS
Tel: 01431 821258
Gilbert's tearoom
Open daily
10 Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale, Sutherland
Tel: 01431 821090
Active & Adventure
Helmsdale Gold Club
Golf Road, Helmsdale, KW8 6JA,
Tel 01431 821 650
Fishing
Trout and salmon fishing are popular on the
Helmsdale River
ontact the Helmsdale Tackle Company ltd
15 - 17 Dunrobin St, Helmsdale
Tel: 01431 821 372
Wildlife
Puffins, Eagles, Great Skua, Ravens, Rock Dove, Twite and of
course Roe Deer....
Kingfishers,
Otters, Seals, Dolphins, Pilot and Killer Whales the
shores or Helmsdale Harbour.
Breeding Puffinsare
usually present on the cliffs from March to September and also look
out for the Great Northern Diver, Common Scoter, Goldeneye,
ducksand gulls. White-fronted
Geeseoverwinter in nearby Loch Mey. Except
for the cliff breeding colonies, there are birds in residence
year-round.
The flow Country to the
North is a very important breeding ground for the Slavonian
Grebe, Capercaillie, Ptarmigan,
Osprey, Dotterel,Crested
Tit, Scottish Crossbilland Snow Buntingand for
waders like the Golden Plover
and Greenshank,waterfowl such as Red-
and Black-throated Divers,
Common Scoterand Red-breasted
Merganser, as well as raptors likeHen
Harrier and Merlin.